Henry Rice, of Cranleigh, Surrey, arrived off Normandy’s Juno Beach five days after D-Day.
D-Day and Normandy veterans Alec Penstone, 98, Gilbert Clarke, 98, Richard Aldred, 99, Henry Rice, 98, Donald Howkins, 103, Mervyn Kersh, 98, Stan Ford, 98, Ken Hay, 98, and John Dennett, 99
Henry Rice, 98, of Cranleigh, Surrey, a former signalman who arrived off Juno Beach five days after D-Day, said he will be “all mouth and trousers” during commemoration events in June to stop himself crying. “Whereas I have honestly found that when you talk to 10, 12, 14-year-old children in this country I don’t think some of them know Arromanches, it’s schooling and it’s a pity, it would be great for children to be taught.”
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